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BOEING 747-8 (N861GT) - "Boeing 702 Heavy" departing a cloudy Everett for Portland to receive its Atlas Air paint job. This is one of the final three 747s on order and this will very soon be a scene of the past after 53 iconic years. What a bittersweet moment. Long live the Queen!
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BOEING 747-8 (N861GT)

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"Boeing 702 Heavy" departing a cloudy Everett for Portland to receive its Atlas Air paint job. This is one of the final three 747s on order and this will very soon be a scene of the past after 53 iconic years. What a bittersweet moment. Long live the Queen!

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Philip Hicks
It has been sad to see the decline of any B747s in the skies. I worked on several Queens of the Skies at Air New Zealand. One of them ZK-NBT is pictured in this weeks Popular Photos' Initial thoughts back in the 1970s was that they were to big to fly! How wrong we were! To fly in one on a test flight of a commersial sector was to realise just how this machine wanted to fly. What a beautiful wing to look out over. To feel it move when walking out to a wing tip. 9 In maintenance and not on jacks of course! A truly great machine. Hansomely beautiful in the air as well. So graceful when compared with todays 'Super Dinasoar' the A380!
gorillazilla
Agreed. Boeing used to make beautiful planes (B-17 etc) and the A-380 is truly hideous.
Charles Carvalho
Truly a bittersweet moment. In a few years to come, we would see both Passenger and Cargo Airlines asking for this beauty once again. Just as the 757. Two wonderful aircraft.
serge LOTH
I think since 1969 nobody will forget the 747.. A PLANE!!
Wayne Fox
One of my favorite four aircraft of all time. The beauty and versatility of the 747, also the simple but eloquent DC3, The grace and longevity of the B52 and the power and whistling sounds of the twin engine F4 Phantom.
richard ferguson
Always will be THE BOSS.
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27-Apr-2024 B748Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Int'l ()Miami Intl () 06:34AM -04 01:59PM EDT En Route
27-Apr-2024 74FSão Paulo-Guarulhos Int'l ()Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Int'l () 01:53AM -03 04:36AM -04 3:43
26-Apr-2024 B748Miami Intl ()São Paulo-Guarulhos Int'l () 03:12PM EDT 11:34PM -03 7:22
26-Apr-2024 747Anchorage Intl ()Miami Intl () 01:15AM AKDT 12:37PM EDT 7:22
26-Apr-2024 B748Shenzhen Bao'an Int'l ()Anchorage Intl () 05:40AM CST 10:55PM AKDT (-1) 9:15
25-Apr-2024 74FIncheon Int'l ()Shenzhen Bao'an Int'l () 11:20PM KST 01:44AM CST (+1) 3:23
22-Apr-2024 B748Portland Intl ()Incheon Int'l () 11:14AM PDT 02:05PM KST (+1) 10:51
22-Apr-2024 B748Miami Intl ()Portland Intl () 06:30AM EDT 09:20AM PDT 5:50
21-Apr-2024 B748Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Int'l ()Miami Intl () 04:07PM -04 11:59PM EDT 7:52
21-Apr-2024 UnknownSão Paulo-Guarulhos Int'l ()Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Int'l () 10:54AM -03 01:27PM -04 3:33
21-Apr-2024 B748Miami Intl ()São Paulo-Guarulhos Int'l () 12:12AM EDT 08:22AM -03 7:10
20-Apr-2024 747Anchorage Intl ()Miami Intl () 09:01AM AKDT 08:32PM EDT 7:31
20-Apr-2024 B748Hong Kong Int'l ()Anchorage Intl () 01:38PM HKT 07:14AM AKDT 9:36
20-Apr-2024 74FIncheon Int'l ()Hong Kong Int'l () 08:35AM KST 11:04AM HKT 3:29
17-Apr-2024 747Anchorage Intl ()Incheon Int'l () 10:15PM AKDT 11:21PM KST (+1) 8:06
17-Apr-2024 B748Chicago O'Hare Intl ()Anchorage Intl () 05:13PM CDT 07:46PM AKDT 5:33
17-Apr-2024 747Anchorage Intl ()Chicago O'Hare Intl () 12:36AM AKDT 09:05AM CDT 5:29
17-Apr-2024 B748Shanghai Pudong Int'l ()Anchorage Intl () 07:03AM CST 11:01PM AKDT (-1) 7:58
17-Apr-2024 UnknownIncheon Int'l ()Shanghai Pudong Int'l () 01:51AM KST 02:14AM CST 1:23
16-Apr-2024 UnknownAlmaty ()Incheon Int'l () 12:26PM +05 09:27PM KST 5:01
15-Apr-2024 UnknownZaragoza ()Almaty () 11:26PM CEST 09:51AM +05 (+1) 7:25
14-Apr-2024 UnknownKing Khalid Int'l ()Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Int'l () 11:19AM +03 09:32PM +07 6:13
13-Apr-2024 UnknownLiege ()Zaragoza () 06:40PM CEST 08:15PM CEST 1:35
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